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Chapter 9 - The Roaring 20s Review

Total questions: 34

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Warren G. Harding’s campaign strategy was based on a

promise to

a)

return to prewar isolationism.

b)

restore normalcy, or stability and prosperity.

c)

end political corruption.

d)

increase government involvement in big

business.

2.

Why were some American

writers of the 1920s called

the “Lost Generation”?

a)

They returned to Paris

where most of them were

originally from.

b)

They expressed feelings of

separation from American

society.

c)

They appreciated the Jazz

Age and its rebellious

youth culture.

d)

They expressed the pain

of racism experienced by

African Americans.

3.

1927 was a fundamental year

in motion pictures, because it

brought the first

a)

color film.

b)

film with sound.

c)

full-length feature.

d)

still-frame animation.

4.

What was the main reason

Herbert Hoover was elected

by a large majority of votes?

a)

Hoover was a veteran of World War I.

b)

Hoover promised to continue the economic boom.

c)

Hoover would have been the first Catholic

president.

d)

Hoover ran a campaign that focused on city

dwellers.

5.

The Scopes Trial represented the conflict between

a)

Anarchists and Communists about political reform.

b)

scientists and environmentalists about the environment.

c)

fundamentalist beliefs and scientific ideals about evolution.

d)

the government and U.S. citizens about prohibition.

6.

Ernest Hemingway was one of a group of writers in the

1920s whose writing

a)

described the effects of

prohibition.

b)

criticized American

society

c)

focused on Communist

ideals.

d)

described the lives of jazz

musicians in Paris.

7.

The effects of Prohibition included

a)

strained relations with

Canada, because so much

illegal alcohol was shipped

across the Canadian

border.

b)

more expensive homemade alcohol, such as

moonshine, which was

sold in speakeasies.

c)

the rise of organized

crime, as gangs became

more powerful with the

money they got from selling illegal weapons.

d)

increased government corruption, as local police

and politicians took bribes

from gangsters to ignore

the movement and sale of

alcohol.

8.

One of the main goals of Marcus Garvey’s black nationalism was for African Americans to

a)

fight against the violence

of the Ku Klux Klan.

b)

have their own businesses

and communities.

c)

receive government funds

for their businesses.

d)

avoid conflict with the Ku

Klux Klan by limiting the

spread of their culture.

9.

Until 1924, Native Americans did not have access to adequate legal protection from the government because they

a)

were not citizens of the

United States.

b)

had refused to fight during

World War I.

c)

were not allowed to leave

the reservations.

d)

had become the smallest

and least powerful

minority.

10.

Trumpeter Louis Armstrong invented the jazz solo, when one musician steps out from the band to play alone.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

Immigration to the United States fell dramatically in the 1920s because of the millions of people killed in Europe during World War I.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

The Teapot Dome scandal caused people to question the judgment and honesty of government officials.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

In the 1920s, high school attendance fell as young people flocked to the cities to take advantage of high-paying jobs and the nightclubs of the new youth culture.

a)

True

b)

False

14.

After World War I, the U.S. economy suffered a downturn that led to hard times as the 1920s began.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

young women who challenged society’s ideas about womanhood

a)

Georgia O'Keefe

b)

Amelia Earhart

c)

flappers

d)

suffragists

16.

people who leave their home countries to live

elsewhere

a)

expatriates

b)

The Lost Generation

c)

flappers

d)

Sacco and Vanzetti

17.

1928 pact in which the United States and

other countries agreed not to engage in war

a)

expatriates

b)

Kellogg Briand

c)

Red Scare

d)

Calvin Coolidge

18.

affordable automobile invented by Henry

Ford

a)

Model T

b)

Model A

c)

Model Z

d)

Model D

19.

flourishing of African American literature

and art in the 1920s

a)

Great Migration

b)

Literature Circles

c)

Marcus Garvey

d)

Harlem Renaissance

20.

system that uses conveyor belts to move parts

to different groups of workers

a)

Jazz Age

b)

moving assembly line

c)

Harlem Renaissance

d)

conveyor belt

21.

fear of Communist infiltration after the

Russian Revolution

a)

Red Scare

b)

Sacco vs. Vanzetti

c)

Palmer Era

d)

Russian Revolt

22.

ended Prohibition in 1933

a)

18th Amendment

b)

19th Amendment

c)

20th Amendment

d)

21st Amendment

23.

Republican candidate for vice president in

1920

a)

J. Edgar Hoover

b)

Calvin Coolidge

c)

Warren G. Harding

d)

William Jennings Bryan

24.

painter famous for creating detailed paintings of flowers

a)

Langston Hughes

b)

Louis Armstrong

c)

Georgia O'Keefe

d)

Amelia Earhart

25.

In 1914, Ford raised his factory workers' wages to ______ a day.

a)

$2

b)

$3

c)

$4

d)

$5

26.

Promised a return to "Normalcy".

a)

Hoover

b)

Harding

c)

Cleveland

d)

Coolidge

27.

President who was known as "honest and trustworthy".

a)

Harding

b)

Cleveland

c)

Coolidge

d)

Hoover

28.

He was president during the stock market crash.

a)

Harding

b)

Coolidge

c)

Hoover

d)

Cleveland

29.

Influenced American life more than any other product of the 20th century. It went from being too expensive for most Americans to affordable for the average American.

a)

vacuum

b)

airplane

c)

radio

d)

automobile

30.

This industry went from being used as a mail carrying service to passenger transportation during the 1920s.

a)

automobile

b)

airplane

c)

railroad

d)

ship

31.

Americans began to buy more goods because business began to offer "buy now pay later" options, such as installment plans. Americans did not have to have the money to buy a product because the could use credit. __________________ doubled during the 1920s.

a)

Consumer debt

b)

Advertisement

c)

Government policies

d)

New household goods

32.

The standard of living grew, so people began to buy __________________ that made life easier such as the washing machine, electric refrigerator, and the vacuum cleaner.

a)

advertisements

b)

government policies

c)

cars

d)

new household goods

33.

Businesses used _______________ to convince people to buy their products. This created demand for their products, and even Hollywood stars endorsed products.

a)

government policies

b)

scandals

c)

advertisements

d)

the airplane industry

34.

President Coolidge believed that taxes should be low and businesses should be given credit so they can expand. ___________________ were passed that allowed the private industry to flourish and high tariffs were placed in imports so that American goods would be cheaper.

a)

Government policies

b)

Consumer debt laws

c)

Isolationism laws

d)

Jazz Age tariffs